The Navy’s carrier airwing flies further with Hercules’ new tanker approval
The Navy Reserve’s KC-130T Hercules fleet, upgraded with the NP200 propeller system, is cleared to aerially refuel a significantly wider range of aircraft across the…
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More U.S. F-35s Arrive in Japan
The F-35s, assigned to the Vermont Air National Guard’s 134th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, joined other F-35s, F-22s and F-16s earlier this month at Kadena Air…
U.S. Navy F/A-18 fleet gets enhanced target tracking as Infrared Search and Track system achieves initial operational capability
The U.S. Navy declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the F/A-18 E/F Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Block II system in November 2024, providing the…
DARPA Taps Sikorsky to Add Autonomy to U.S. Army-Owned Black Hawk Helicopter
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has received a $6 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to install the company’s ALIAS/MATRIX™ flight autonomy…
US Air Force F-35s Make Historic First on Highway in Finland
Two U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, executed a historic, austere landing…
Boeing, U.S. Air Force Definitize Contract for Two Rapid Prototype E-7A Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft
• Contract includes lifecycle development, training, and support for the U.S. E-7A fleet • Combat-proven Boeing E-7A Wedgetail provides unparalleled “first to detect, first to…
Boeing Delivers First MH-139A Production Aircraft to U.S. Air Force
– New helicopters support U.S. Air Force fleet modernization, critical to future national security – Grey Wolf increases capability while reducing sustainment costs Boeing has…
U.S. and Netherlands Sign Agreement for JASSM-ER Missiles
Netherlands, July 29, 2024 – U.S. and Netherlands officials formalized a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LoA) agreement to purchase Lockheed Martin’s Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range (JASSM-ER). With this agreement, the Netherlands becomes JASSM’s fifth international customer. “We’re honored to partner with the…
Boeing Awarded Contract for Seven Additional MH-139A Helicopters
‒ Award brings the total number of aircraft under contract with the U.S. Air Force to 26 ‒ Program moves closer to full-rate production upon…
U.S. Missile Defense Agency Selects Lockheed Martin To Provide Its Next Generation Interceptor
On April 15, the Missile Defense Agency selected Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to deliver the nation’s new homeland missile defense capability, the Next Generation Interceptor…
U.S. Space Force Awards Boeing WGS-12 Communications Satellite Production Contract
– The Protected Wideband Satellite is designed to provide high-data rate tactical communications in contested jamming environments – Twelfth satellite in the Boeing-designed WGS constellation…
Northrop Grumman’s Mobile Ground-Based Solutions To Get Any Data, Any Time, For Any US Navy, Marine Corps Mission
The mobile ground station solution advances the JADC2 mission, providing multi-domain data directly to the tactical edge. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) continues to pioneer…